TO THE ATTENTION OF PILGRIMS TO GREECE

In response to inquiries coming to the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, the department clarifies that, in keeping with the Holy Synod Statement of October 17, 2019 (Minutes No. 125), no blessing is given upon the Russian Orthodox Church’s pilgrims’ visits to the following dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Greece, whose ruling bishops have entered in church communion with the Ukrainian schismatics:

Metropolis of Athens headed by Archbishop Ieronimus II of Athens and All Greece

Diocese of Langada; ruling bishop – Metropolitan Ioannis of Langada;

Diocese of Veria; ruling bishop – Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veria, Naoussa and Campania;

Diocese of Arta; ruling bishop – Metropolitan Kallinikos of Arta;

Diocese of Trikki (city of Trikala) ruling bishop – Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Trikki and Stagon;

Diocese of Demetrias (city of Volos) – Metropolitan Ignatios of Demetrias.